HARRYING THE GREEKS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 108, 12 June 1914, Page 7

HARRYING THE GREEKS.

TURKS' FIERCE PERSECUTION. NINETY THOUSAND REFUGEES. Bit Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 11. A strict censorship is imposed >on telegrams. The Turks are harassing Greek resi-' dents on the shores of the Dardanelles and on the Anatolian coast. Thousands of Grreeks have lied. Much of their property was sold at a sacrifice or destroyed. . Moslems ; broached and v destroyed stocks of wines and spirits in Greek villages along the Dardanelles. Ninety thousand - refugees have reached Salonieaxfrom Thrace.

AUTHORITIES SUSPICIOUS.

THE SIMULTANEOUS OUTRAGES. , ATHENS, June 11. The authorities are suspicious that some connection • exists between the simultaneous outrages on Greeks in Turkej' and Bulgaria. M. Venezelos, in the Chamber, stated that the army would be raised to 500,000 strong .within five years. Its strength, meanwhile, was sufficient to cope with immediate eventualities. ,

TO PREVENT HOSTILITIES.

AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. "

ST. PETERSBURG, June 11

M. Sazonoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has started for Bucharest. ■'

It is believed that, an/ important Conference is to be held there to consider steps to prevent an outbreak of hostilities between Turkey and Greece.

WILL THERE BE WAR?

APPREHENSION IN RUSSIA. , .'"Times" and "Sydney -Sun" Set-vices. (Received June 12, 8 a.m.): • ATHENS, June 11. | iThe expulsion of Greeks from Turkey causes a continuance of excitemeiit. Apprehension is felt in Russia that Avar is likely between Turkey and Greece.